Nicholas "Nicky" Hays (born September 24, 2001) is an American racing driver. He most recently competed in the 2023 Porsche Carrera Cup North America driving for Wright Motorsports. Hays competed in the 2022 USF2000 Championship with Cape Motorsports.[1]
| Nicky Hays | |
|---|---|
 Hays at Circuit Paul Armagnac in 2019 | |
| Nationality |  American |
| Born | September 24, 2001 Huntington Beach, California, United States |
| U.S. F2000 National Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2022 |
| Current team | Cape Motorsports |
| Car number | 5 |
| Starts | 18 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 2 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 7th in 2022 |
| Previous series | |
| 2020 2019 2019 2018 | Formula Regional Americas Championship French F4 Championship Formula 4 United States Championship F1600 Championship Series |
Racing career
editLower formulae
editIn 2018 Hays made his single-seater debut in the F1600 Championship Series.[2]
In 2019 he competed in the French F4 Championship. He took his first race win at Circuit de Lédenon and finished the season in third only behind champion Hadrien David and runner-up Reshad de Gerus.[2][3] That year he also competed in some rounds of the Formula 4 United States Championship for DC Autosport with Cape Motorsports. He finished ninth in the standings with two podiums.[2]
Formula Regional
editIn 2020 he competed in the Formula Regional Americas Championship for Global Racing Group.[2] He scored two podiums and finished the season in fourth.
U.S. F2000 National Championship
editOn February 11, 2022, it was announced that Hays would compete in the U.S. F2000 National Championship with Cape Motorsports for the 2022 season.[4] His season went pretty poorly, being consistently beaten by his teammates Michael d'Orlando, and Jagger Jones, with d'Orlando winning the championship. On the other hand, he would consistently beat teammate Jackson Lee throughout the season, before Lee had to leave the team after the Mid-Ohio round. In the Portland round, Hays finally found his form, picking up consecutive second-place finishes in the final two rounds, bringing home enough points to jump up to seventh place in the final championship standings with 235 points.
Indy NXT
editHays took part in the 2022 Chris Griffis Memorial Test at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, driving for Abel Motorsports alongside Jack William Miller.[5] He would finish the day 14th out of the 16 drivers, ending up behind his teammate and 0.933 seconds behind leader Danial Frost.[6]
Racing record
editCareer summary
edit| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | F1600 Championship Series | N/A | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 236 | 15th |
| 2019 | Formula 4 United States Championship | DC Autosport with Cape Motorsports | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 9th |
| French F4 Championship | FFSA Academy | 20 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 173 | 3rd | |
| 2020 | Formula Regional Americas Championship | Global Racing Group | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 142 | 4th |
| 2022 | U.S. F2000 National Championship | Cape Motorsports | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 235 | 7th |
| 2023 | Porsche Carrera Cup North America | Wright Motorsports | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 33rd |
* Season still in progress.
Complete French F4 Championship results
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | NOG 1 4 |
NOG 2 5 |
NOG 3 3 |
PAU 1 Ret |
PAU 2 Ret |
PAU 3 DNS |
SPA 1 Ret |
SPA 2 9 |
SPA 3 3 |
LÉD 1 3 |
LÉD 2 7 |
LÉD 3 1 |
HUN 1 2 |
HUN 2 8 |
HUN 3 6 |
MAG 1 3 |
MAG 2 5 |
MAG 3 4 |
LEC 1 3 |
LEC 2 Ret |
LEC 3 5 |
3rd | 173 |
American open-wheel racing results
editU.S. F2000 National Championship
edit(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Cape Motorsports | STP 1 15 |
STP 2 8 |
ALA 1 8 |
ALA 2 7 |
IMS 1 13 |
IMS 2 8 |
IMS 3 11 |
IRP 17 |
ROA 1 11 |
ROA 2 9 |
MOH 1 7 |
MOH 2 5 |
MOH 3 11 |
TOR 1 6 |
TOR 2 10 |
POR 1 8 |
POR 2 2 |
POR 3 2 |
7th | 235 |
* Season still in progress.
References
edit- ^ "Nicky Hays Completes the Cape Motorsports Lineup". www.usf2000.com. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
- ^ a b c d Wood, Ida (2020-05-02). "French F4 race-winner Nicky Hays moves up to F3R Americas". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2023-02-20.
- ^ Allen, Peter (2019-07-07). "Mixed fortunes for French F4 leader Hadrien David at Ledenon". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2023-02-20.
- ^ "Nicky Hays joins Cape in USF2000, d'Orlando tops Spring Training". Formula Scout. 2022-02-14. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
- ^ "INDY LIGHTS TEAMS TO GET HEAD START ON 2023 AT GRIFFIS TEST". IndyNXT. 2022-10-20. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
- ^ "Frost fastest on Indy Lights' post-season test day". Formula Scout. 2022-10-22. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
External links
edit- Nicky Hays – championship summary at DriverDB.com
- Official website